Overview of China's seven major dialects 1. Northern dialect (abbreviation: Beiyu) 2. Cantonese (abbreviation: Cantonese) 3. Jiangsu and Zhejiang dialects (abbreviation: Wu dialect): 4. Fujian dialect (abbreviation: Min dialect): 5. Hunan dialect (abbreviation: Min dialect)

: Hunan dialect): 6. Jiangxi dialect (abbreviation: Gan dialect): 7. Hakka dialect (abbreviation: Hakka): 1. Northern dialect, also known as northern dialect, represented by Beijing dialect, is spoken in all provinces and autonomous regions in northern China, including Guizhou,

Sichuan, Yunnan and some counties and cities in central China.

The northern dialect is divided into four sub-dialect areas: (1) North China dialect, spoken in Beijing and Tianjin, three northeastern provinces, and six provinces in Hebei, Shandong and Henan.

Among them, the dialects of Jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang provinces are closest to Beijing dialect.

(2) Northwest dialect, spoken in six provinces and one region including Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, part of Ningxia, part of Qinghai and Xinjiang.

(3) Southwest dialect, spoken in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and most of Hubei.

The northern border areas of Hunan and Guangxi.

(4) Jianghuai dialect, commonly known as Xiajiang Mandarin, is spoken in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, including Anhui, Jiangsu, and parts of Jiangxi along the river.

2. Wu Dialect Wu Dialect is also called Jiangzhe Dialect or Jiangnan Dialect.

In the past, Suzhou dialect was the representative. Nowadays, with the economic development of Shanghai, the number of people using Shanghainese dialect continues to increase, and more and more people are proficient in Shanghainese dialect.

Therefore, the current representative of Wu dialect is Shanghai dialect.

The traffic area is mainly south of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu Province, east of Zhenjiang, a small part of Nantong, and most of Shanghai and Zhejiang. It can be divided into five areas: (1) Taihu area represented by Shanghainese dialect, traffic area: Shanghai

city, Changzhou area, Hangzhou area and Ningbo area.

(2) Taizhou films represented by Linhai dialect.

(3) Eastern European films represented by Wenzhou dialect.

(4) Wuzhou films represented by Jinhua dialect.

(5) Liqu films represented by Lishui dialect.

3. Xiang dialect: Xiang dialect is also called Hunan dialect or Hunan dialect.

Represented by Changsha dialect, it is distributed in most areas of Hunan Province.

In terms of internal phonetic differences, the Xiang dialect can be divided into New Xiang dialect and Old Xiang dialect.

Old Xiang is widely spoken in Ningxiang, Hengyang and other places in central Hunan, while New Xiang is popular in large and medium-sized cities such as Changsha and Zhuzhou.

4. Gan dialect Gan dialect is also called Jiangxi dialect, Gan dialect or Xi dialect.

Represented by Nanchang dialect, it is spoken in most areas of Jiangxi Province and some counties and cities in western Fujian and Hunan Province.

Because Han people from the north migrated south many times in history, most of them transited through Jiangxi, and their home geographically borders the Jianghuai Mandarin, Xiang dialect, and Pengmin dialect areas. As a result, the peripheral areas of Jiangxi Province were deeply influenced by other dialects, which also led to the unique characteristics of the Gan dialect.

downplayed.

Gan dialect can be divided into seven dialects: (1) Changjing dialect, represented by Nanchang dialect, is popular in Nanchang and Gao'an areas.

(2) Yiliu Pian, represented by Yichun dialect, is spoken in Yichun area, Xinyu area and Hunan Province (3) Jicha Pian, represented by Ji'an dialect, is spoken in Ji'an area, Jinggangshan area and Chaling, Hunan Province

Youxian and Lingxian.

(4) Fuguang film, represented by Fuzhou dialect, is popular in Fuzhou area.

(5) Yingyi dialect represented by Yingtan dialect is popular in Yingtan area, Guixi area, Leping area and Jingdezhen area.

(6) Gannan dialect (also known as Ganzhou dialect), represented by Ganxian dialect, is popular in the Gannan area of ??Jiangxi.

(This Gan dialect has been deliberately classified as a branch of squatter dialects by shedminton dialect researchers) (7) Western Fujian, represented by Changting dialect, is popular in the Tingzhou area in western Fujian.

(This branch of the Gan language has also been classified as a branch of the dialect of the shanty townsfolk by researchers of shanty townsfolk. This is a major trouble in linguistics.) 5 Cantonese dialect, also known as Cantonese or Cantonese, is spoken in Guangdong Province.

Most areas, the south and east of Guangxi Autonomous Region and Hong Kong and Macao.

(1) The Guangdong dialect, represented by Cantonese, is popular in the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong, western Guangdong, some counties and cities in northern Guangdong, and the Wuzhou region of Guangxi.

(2) The Siyi dialect, represented by Taishan dialect, is popular in the Jiangmen area of ??Guangdong (Xinhui, Taishan, Jiangmen City, Kaiping, Enping and part of Heshan).

(3) Northern Guangdong film represented by Shaoguan Cantonese, accessible area: Shaoguan area of ??Guangdong, Yangshan, Fogang and part of Yingde City.

(4) Gaoyang film, represented by Yangjiang dialect, is popular in Maoming and Yangjiang areas of Guangdong.

(5) Qinlian films, represented by Qinzhou dialect in Guangxi, are popular in: Zhanjiang area of ??Guangdong, Qinzhou area of ??Guangxi and part of Leizhou area of ??Guangdong.

(6) Huihe dialect represented by Huizhou Cantonese (this film has been mistakenly regarded as a branch of squatter dialect by squatter scholars, especially the residents of Heyuan, Guangdong, who also mistook themselves as squatter people like squatter researchers)

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